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Rocker Panel - 5-Door > < Specifications - Convertible

Focus 2004.75 (07.2004-)

Side Panel Sheet Metal Repairs - Rocker Panel—3-Door Focus 2004.75 (07/2004-)
Removal and Installation

  1. Replacement parts
    • Rocker panel

Removal

  1. General notes
    • Necessary removal work: doors, front and rear seats, rocker panel inner trim, A- and B-pillar inner trim.
    • Fold back the carpets and move the wiring harness out of the working area.

  1. NOTE:
    NOTE:The cut locations may vary depending on the extent of the damage. When cutting the quarter panel (pos. 1) ensure there is a sufficient gap (min. 10 mm) from the horizontal edge of the panel so that a strip can be left for welding.
    Rocker panel
    1. Cut locations.
    1. Mill out the spot welds.
    1. Grind down one panel thickness at the wheel arch edge.

Installation

NOTE:
NOTE:Before resistance spot welding of body panels with a total panel thickness of 3 mm and greater, the welding equipment instructions contained in sub-section 501-25 must be followed.
  1. NOTE:
    NOTE:Remove the damping matting which is adhesive-bonded to the quarter panel. Before inserting the rocker panel offer up a panel strip to the quarter panel and insert. The panel strip can be cut from the remainder of the new part.
    Panel strip
    • Resistance spot weld (tack weld only).

  1. Rocker panel
    1. Apply two-component metal adhesive to the clinched flange.
    1. Continuous MIG weld.
    1. MIG intermittent weld seam.

  1. Rocker panel
    1. Continuous MIG weld.
    1. Resistance spot weld.

Rocker Panel - 5-Door > < Specifications - Convertible